Use ratsimp:
(%i13) b/(b+a) + a/(b+a);
(%o13) b/(b+a)+a/(b+a)
(%i14) ratsimp(%);
(%o14) 1
For user documentation on ratsimp, enter "? ratsimp;"
Welcome to Maxima.
--Barton
maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote on 10/12/2011 03:32:17 PM:
> From: "Mag. Wolfgang Ebner" <mag.wolfgang.ebner at inode.at>
> To: <maxima at math.utexas.edu>
> Date: 10/13/2011 02:39 PM
> Subject: b/(b+a) + a/(b+a) =? 1
> Sent by: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
>
> Sorry for the newbies question (I am switching from Mathematica to
MaximaJ):
>
> How to get 1 from b/(b+a) + a/(b+a) ?
>
> Could not find help in the manual quickly but I promise I will read
> it more carefully soon!!
>
> THANX
> basko_______________________________________________
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